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Senate  Bill  No.  292. 


Regular  Session  1911. 


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A  BILL  TO  BE  ENTITLED,  “AN  ACT  TO  PROVIDE 


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FOR  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  AND  MAINTENANCE 
OF  COUNTY  FARM-LIFE  SCLIOOLS  AND  FOR  TLIE 
PROMOTION  OF  AGRICULTURE  AND  HOME-MAK¬ 


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The  General  Assembly  of  North  Carolina  do  Enact: 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  established  and  maintained  in 

2  every  county  complying  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  as 

3  hereinafter  set  forth  a  school  to  be  known  as  a  “County 

4  Farm-Life  School”  for  the  training  and  preparation  of  the 

5  boys  and  girls  of  said  county  for  farm  life  and  home-making. 

Sec.  2.  The  aim  of  said  school  shall  be  to  prepare  boys 

2  for  agricultural  pursuits  and  farm  life  and  to  prepare  girls 

3  for  home-making  and  housekeeping  on  the  farm.  I  he 

4  course  of  study  in  said  school  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval 

5  of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  and  an  ad- 

6  visorv  board  on  farm-life  schools,  to  be  appointed  by  him. 


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Sec.  3.  Said  school  shall  be  under  the  control  and  man- 

2  agement  of  a  board  of  trustees,  consisting  of  one  member 

3  from  each  township  in  the  county,  appointed  by  the  county 

4  board  of  education,  who  shall  serve  until  their  successors 

5  shall  be  appointed.  The  first  board  of  trustees  shall  be  di- 

6  vided  by  the  county  board  of  education  into  three  as  nearly 

7  equal  groups  as  possime — one  group  shall  be  appointed  for 

8  a  term  of  two  years,  one  group  for  a  term  of  four  'rrears,  and 

9  one  group  for  a  term  of  six  years.  Upon  the  expiration  of 

10  the  term  of  office  of  any  trustee  his  successor  shall  be  ap- 

11  pointed  for  a  term  of  six  years.  The  county  superintendent 

12  of  public  instruction  shall  be  ex-officio  a  member  of  said 

13  board  and  secretary  thereof.  All  vacancies  occurring  by 

14  death,  resignation  or  otherwise,  in  said  board  shall  be  filled 

15  for  the  unexpired  term  by  the  county  board  of  education. 

Sec.  4.  Within  ten  days  after  any  county,  township  or 

2  townships  shall  have  complied  with  the  provisions  of  this 

3  act  as  hereinafter  set  forth  for  the  maintenance  and  equip- 

4  ment  of  said  school,  the  members  of  the  board  of  trustees 

5  shall  be  appointed,  and  the  county  superintendent  shall  duly 

6  notify  them  to  meet  at  the  county  seat  within  ten  days  after 

7  their  appointment,  to  qualify  and  organize. 

Sec.  5.  After  due  advertisement,  inviting  bids  for  the 


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2  location  o±  said  school  within  said  county,  said  board  of 

3  trustees  shall  locate  it  at  such  place  in  said  county  as  shall 

4  offer  the.  largest  financial  aid  for  maintenance  and  equip- 

5  ment,  having  due  regard  for  desirability  and  suitability  of 

6  location :  Provided,  however,  that  said  school  shall  not  be 

7  located  in  any  city  or  town  of  more  than  one  thousand  in- 

8  habitants,  nor  within  three  miles  of  the  corporate  limits  of 

9  any  city  or  town  of  more  than  five  thousand  inhabitants. 

Sec.  6.  For  the  maintenance  of  said  school,  the  county 

2  or  township  or  school  district,  or  all  combined,  wherein  it 

3  is  located  shall  provide  annually,  by  taxation  or  otherwise, 

4  not  less  than  twenty-five  hundred  dollars.  The  county  or 

5  township  or  school  district,  or  all  combined,  shall  also  pro- 

6  vide  by  bond  issue,  or  otherwise,  the  following  equipment 

7  for  said  school :  a  school  building  with  recitation  rooms  and 

8  laboratories  and  apparatus  necessary  for  efficient  instruction 

9  in  the  prescribed  subjects  of  study;  dormitory  buildings 

10  with  suitable  accommodations  for  not  less  than  twenty-five 

11  boys  and  twenty-five  girls;  a  barn  and  dairy  building  with 

12  necessary  equipment ;  a  farm  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  acres 

13  of  good  arable  land.  All  of  said  buildings  shall  be  located  on 

14  said  farm  and  shall  be  constructed  in  accordance  with  plans 

15  approved  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 


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16  and  the  entire  equipment  shall  be  subject  to  his  approval 

17  and  acceptance  after  inspection:  Provided ,  however ,  that, 

18  upon  recommendation  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  the  pre- 

19  sentation  of  satisfactory  reasons  therefor,  the  State  Superin- 

20  tendent,  of  Public  Instruction  may  grant  permission  to  said 

21  board  of  trustees  to  accept  any  suitable  and  properly 

22  equipped  school  building  already  constructed,  though  it  may 

23  not  be  located  on  said  farm,  provided  it  be  located  within 

24  reasonable  and  convenient  distance  thereof,  and  may  also 

25  grant  permission  to  reduce  the  required  acreage  for  the 

26  farm  to  not  less  than  ten  acres. 

Sec.  7.  Upon  written  request  of  the  county  board  of  edu- 

2  cation  of  any  county,  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of 

3  said  county  shall  order  an  election  to  be  held  in  said  county, 

4  in  accordance  with  the  law  governing  general  elections  there- 

5  in,  as  nearly  as  may  be :  Provided,  however,  that  a  new  reg- 

6  istration  shall  be  ordered  for  said  election;  and  not  less  than 

7  thirty  days  notice  of  said  election  shall  be  given  at  the 

8  court-house  door  and  three  other  public  places  in  said 

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9  county;  and  if  there  be  newspapers  published  in  said  county, 

10  a  notice  of  said  election  shall  also  be  published  weekly  for 

11  four  successive  weeks  preceding  said  election  in  one  news- 

12  paper  therein;  and  the  registrars  and  pollholders  shall  can- 


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13  vass  the  vote  cast,  declare  the  results,  and  duly  certify  the 

14  returns  to  the  board  of  county  commissioners  and  the  returns 

15  shall  be  recorded  in  the  records  of  said  board  of  county  com- 

16  missioners.  At  said  election  shall  be  submitted  to  the  quali- 

17  fled  voters  of  the  county  the  question  of  levying  and  collect- 

18  ing  a  special  tax  on  all  taxable  property  and  polls  of  said 

19  county  for  the  maintenance  and  equipment  of  a  “County 

20  Farm-Life  School”  therein.  At  such  election  those  favoring 

21  the  levying  and  collection  of  such  a  tax  for  said  purpose 

22  shall  vote  a  ballot  on  which  shall  be  written  or  printed  the 

23  words  “For  County  Farm-Life  School”;  and  those  opposed 

24  shall  vote  a  ballot  on  which  shall  be  written  or  printed  the 

25  words  “Against  County  Farm-Life  School.”  If  a  majority 

26  of  the  qualified  voters  shall  vote  “For  County  Farm-Life 

27  School,”  then  all  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  in  full 

28  force  and  effect,  and  the  county  commissioners  shall  annually 

29  levy  and  cause  to  be  collected,  in  the  same  manner  and  at 

30  the  same  time  as  other  taxes  of  the  county  are  levied  and 

31  collected,  a  tax  on  all  property  and  polls  of  the  county  suf- 

32  ficient  to  provide  the  sum  required  of  said  county  undei 

33  Section  6  of  this  act  for  the  annual  maintenance  of  said 

34  school,  and,  in  addition,  the  sum  required  for  the  payment 

35  of  the  annual  interest  on  such  bond  issue  as  may  be  found 


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36  necessary  for  providing  the  equipment  for  said  school  re- 

37  quired  under  Section  6  of  this  act  as  said  interest  accrues 

38  and  to  create  a  sinking  fund  for  the  purpose  of  paying  off 

39  and  discharging  said  bonds  as  they  become  due.  The  bond 

40  of  the  sheriff  or  tax  collector  of  said  county  shall  be  respon- 

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41  sible  for  said  tax  to  the  same  extent  as  it  is  liable  for  other 

42  taxes  collected  by  him. 

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Sec.  8.  If  a  majority  of  the  qualified  voters  at  the  elec- 

2  tion  herein  provided  for  shall  vote  “For  County  Farm-Life 

3  School/7  it  shall  be  deemed  and  held  that  a  majority  of  the 

4  qualified  voters  are  in  favor  of  granting  to  the  board  of 

5  county  commissioners  of  said  county  authority  to  issue  bonds 

6  in  an  amount  not  to  exceed  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  for 

7  the  purpose  of  providing  the  necessary  equipment  prescribed 

8  in  Section  6  of  this  act ;  and  such  authority  shall  be  granted 

9  to  and  vested  in  said  board  of  county  commissioners  and 

10  said  board  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  issue  and 

11  sell  bonds  in  the  name  of  said  county  to  an  amount  not  to 

12  exceed  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  of  such  denomination 

13  and  of  such  proportion  as  said  board  of  county  commis- 

14  sioners  may  deem  advisable,  bearing  interest  at  a  rate  not  to 

15  exceed  six  per  centum,  with  interest  coupons  attached,  pay- 

16  able  at  such  time  or  times  and  at  such  place  or  places  as 


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may  be  deemed  advisable  by  said  board  of  county  commis¬ 
sioners,  such  bonds  to  be  of  such  form  and  tenor  and  trans¬ 
ferable  in  .such  way,  and  the  principal  thereof  payable  or 
redeemable  at  such  time  or  times,  not  less  than  fifteen  years 
from  the  date  thereof,  and  at  such  place  or  places  as  said 
board  of  county  commissioners  may  determine.  The  pro¬ 
ceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds  shall  be  expended 
by  said  board  of  county  commissioners  in  providing,  by  pur¬ 
chase  or  otherwise,  the  equipment  in  land,  buildings  and 
apparatus  required  in  Section  6  of  this  act  for  the  “County 
Farm-Life  School”  :  Provided,  however ,  that  the  treasurer 
of  said  county  shall  receive  no  compensation  for  receiving 
or  disbursing*  the  money  which  may  be  received  from  the 
sale  of  said  bonds. 

Sec.  9.  The  county  commissioners  of  any  county  that 
has  voted  for  the  establishment  of  ■  a  “County  Farm-Life 
School”  therein  shall,  upon  petition  of  one-fourth  of  the 
freeholders  in  any  township  applying  to  the  trustees  of  said 
“County  Farm-Life  School  to  secure  the  location  of  said 
school  therein,  order  an  election  therein,  to  be  held  after 
thirty  days  notice  at  three  public  places  in  said  township, 
under  the  law  governing  State  and  county  elections  as  nearlv 
as  may  be:  Provided,  that  a  new  registration  shall  be  ordered. 


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and  the  returns  of  said  election  shall  be  certified  by  the 
registrars  and  pollholders  to  the  board  of  county  commis- 
missioners,  and  the  same  shall  be  recorded  in  the  records  of 
said  county  commissioners ;  at  which  election  shall  be  sub¬ 
mitted  to  the  qualified  voters  of  said  township  the  question 
of  issuing  bonds  in  a  sum  not  to  exceed  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars,  the  amount  of  said  bond  issue  to  be  set  forth  in  the 
petition  for  said  election,  and  of  levying  and  collecting  on 
all  taxable  property  and  polls  in  said  township  a  special  tax 
sufficient  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  on  said 
township  bonds  as  it  accrues  and  to  create  a  sinking  fund 
for  the  purpose  of  paying  off  and  discharging  said  township 
bonds  as  tliev  become  due.  At  such  election,  those  favor- 

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ing  the  levying  and  collection  of  such  a  tax  for  said  purpose 
shall  vote  a  ballot  on  which  shall  be  written  or  printed  the 
words  “For  County  Farm-Life  School,”  and  those  opposed 
shall  vote  a  ballot  on  which  shall  be  written  or  printed  the 
words  “Against  County  Farm-Life  School.”  If  a  majority 
of  the  qualified  voters  at  said  election  shall  vote  “For  Coun¬ 
ty  Farm-Life  School,”  then  it  shall  be  deemed  and  held 
that  a  majority  of  the  qualified  voters  are  in  favor  of  grant¬ 
ing  to  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  said  county 
authority  to  issue  bonds  in  the  name  of  said  township  in 


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such  amount  as  shall  have  been  named  in  the  petition  and 
notice  of  election,  to  be  sold  by  said  commissioners  for  the 
purpose  of  aiding  in  providing  the  buildings  and  farm  and 
other  equipment  for  the  “County  Farm-Life  School,”  pro¬ 
vided  said  school  shall  be  located  in  said  township;  and 
if  said  school  shall  be  located  in  said  township,  the  board 
of  county  commissioners  shall  annually  levy  and  cause  to 
be  collected,  in  the  same  manner  and  at  the  same  time  as 
other  taxes  of  the  county  are  levied  and  collected,  a  tax  on 
all  property  and  polls  in  said  township,  sufficient  to  provide 
for  the  payment  of  interest  on  said  township  bonds  ns  it 
accrues  and  to  create  a  sinking  fund  for  the  purpose  of  pay¬ 
ing  off  and  discharging  said  township  bonds  as  they  become 
due ;  and  said  board  of  county  commissioners  is  hereby  au¬ 
thorized  and  empowered  to  issue  and  sell  said  bonds  of  said 
township  to  the  amount  specified  in  said  petition  and  notice 
of  election,  of  such  denomination  and  of  such  proportion 
as  said  board  of  county  commissioners  may  deem  advisable, 
bearing  interest  at  a  rate  not  to  exceed  six  per  centum,  with 
interest  coupons  attached,  payable  at  the  same  time  or  times, 
and  at  the  same  place  or  places,  and  ol  the  same  form  and 
tenor,  and  the  principal  thereof  payable  or  redeemable  at 
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county  bonds  issued  by  said  board  of  county  commissioners 
for  the  equipment  of  said  “County  Farm-Life  School.”  The 
proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  township  bonds  shall 
be  added  to  the  proceeds  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  county 
bonds  and  expended  therewith  by  said  board  of  county  com¬ 
missioners  in  providing,  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  the  equip¬ 
ment  in  land,  buildings  and  apparatus  required  in  this  act 
for  the  “County  Farm-Life  School”:  Provided,  however, 
that  any  two  or  more  contiguous  townships  bidding  for  the 
location  of  said  “County  Farm-Life  School”  may  unite  and 
hold  an  election  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  are 
herein  provided  for  one  township  for  the  location  of  the 
“County  Farm-Life  School”  at  such  point  in  said  townships 
as  may  be  determined  by  the  board  of  trustees  of  said 
“County  Farm-Life  School”:  Provided ,  that  the  amount 
of  bonds  authorized  to  be  isued  by  one  or  more  townships  in 
order  to  secure  the  location  of  the  “County  Farm-Life 
School'’  in  a  given  township  shall  be  deducted  from  the 
amount  of  bonds  authorized  to  be  issued  by  the  county,  so 
as  to  limit  the  total  issue  of  bonds  for  farm,  buildings  and 
equipment  to  twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  10.  In  case  anv  county  fails  to  hold  an  election  as 
herein  provided  for  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of 


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3  a  i  County  Farm-lute  School  therein,  or  in  case  such  an 

4  election  shall  be  ordered  and  held  in  any  county  and  a  ma- 

5  jority  of  the  qualified  voters  at  such  election  shall  fail  to 

6  vote  “For  County  Farm-Life  School/’  any  township  in  said 

7  county,  or  any  two  or  more  contiguous  townships  in  said 

8  county,  shall,  upon  petition  of  one-fourth  of  the  freeholders 

9  therein  to  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  said  county, 

10  have  an  election  ordered  by  said  commissioners  upon  the 

11  same  terms  and  conditions  prescribed  in  Section  9  of  this 

12  act ;  and  if  in  such  election  a  majority  of  the  qualified  voters 

13  in  said  township  or  townships  shall  vote  “For  County  Farm- 

14  Life  School,”  then,  in  that  event,  it  shall  be  deemed  and 

15  held  that  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  said  county  is 

16  authorized  and  empowered  to  issue  and  sell  bonds  in  the 

17  name  of  said  township  or  townships  in  an  amount  not  to 

18  exceed  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  and  to  levy  and  to  cause 

19  to  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  and  at  the  same  time  as 

20  other  taxes  of  the  county  are  levied  and  collected,  a  suf- 

21  ficient  tax  on  all  property  and  polls  in  said  township  or 

22  townships  to  comply  with  all  the  conditions  named  in  this 

23  act  for  the  maintenance  and  equipment  of  a  “County  Farm- 

24  Life  School,”  subject  to  the  same  conditions  as  are  herein 

25  provided  for  the  issuance  and  sale  of  couutv  bonds  and  the 


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26  levying-  and  collection  of  a  county  tax  for  said  purpose;  and 

27  the  said  “County  Farm-Life  School”  shall  thereupon  be 

28  located  at  such  point  in  said  township  or  townships  as  may 

29  be  determined  by  the  board  of  trustees  of  said  “County 

30  Farm-Life  School”  provided  for  in  this  act;  and  such  school, 

31  when  thus  established  shall  he  a  “County  Farm-Life  School” 

32  for  said  county,  and  shall  he  subject  to  all  the  rights, 

33  privileges  and  obligations  and  conditions  prescribed  in  this 

34  act  for  “County  Farm-Life  Schools,”  except  as  herein  otlier- 

35  wise  provided :  Provided,  however,  that  in  case  of  the  estab- 

36  lishment  of  said  school  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 

37  this  section,  the  members  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  said 

38  school  shall  be  residents  of  said  township  or  townships,  the 

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39  number  from  each  township  to  he  determined  by  the  county 

40  county  board  of  education,  and  free  tuition  in  said  school 

41  shall  he  restricted  to  residents  of  said  township  or  townships. 

Sec.  11.  There  shall  be  established  in  connection  with 

2  each  “County  Farm-Life  School”  a  first-grade  public  high 

3  school  under  the  provisions  of  the  public  high  school  law  of 

4  the  State.  The  hoard  of  trustees  of  the  “County  Farm-Life 

5  School”  shall  constitute  the  high  school  committee  and  shall 

6  be  vested  with  all  the  powers  conferred  upon  said  eommit- 

7  tee  under  the  public  high  school  law,  and  the  principal  of 


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8  the  “County  Farm-Life  School”  shall  also  be  the  principal 

9  of  the  public  high  school.  If  said  “County  Farm-Life 

10  School”  shall  not  be  located  at  the  same  place  with  and  in 

11  conjunction  with  some  existing  public  high  school  in  said 

12  county,  or  if  the  State  Board  of  Education  can  not  make  an 

13  apportionment  out  of  the  State  appropriation  for  high 

14  schools  for  the  establishment  of  an  additional  high  school 

15  for  said  county  in  conjunction  with  said  “County  Farm- 

16  Life  School,”  then  the  county  board  of  education  of  said 

17  county  shall  remove  one  of  the  existing  high  schools  in  said 

18  county  to  said  “County  Farm-Life  School.”  In  the  arrange- 

19  ment  of  the  courses  of  study  for  said  high  school  and  said 

20  “County  Farm-Life  School,”  the  work  shall  be  correlated 

21  as  closely  as  possible,  so  as  to  prevent  duplication  of  classes 

22  in  the  same  studies. 

Sec.  12.  Ho  person  shall  be  employed  as  principal  in 
2  charge  of  any  “County  Farm-Life  School”  who  does  not 
3'  hold  a  High  School  Teacher’s  Certificate  on  all  required  sub- 

4  jects  except  Latin,  Greek  and.  modern  languages,  including 

5  an  additional  certificate  from  the  State  Board  of  Examiners 

6  and  the  President  of  the  ISTorth  Carolina  College  of  Agri- 

7  culture  and  Mechanic  Arts,  stating  that  he  has  furnished 

8  satisfactory  evidence  to  them  of  his  qualifications  by  special 


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9  training  and  practical  experience  for  said  position.  And 

10  no  person  shall  he  employed  in  the  department  of  said 

11  “County  Farm-Life  School”  for  the  special  training  of  girls 

12  for  home-making  and  housekeeping  on  the  farm  who  does 

13  not  hold  a  High  School  Teacher’s  Certificate  on  all  required 

14  subjects  except  Latin,  Greek  and  modern  languages,  includ- 

15  ing  an  additional  certificate  from  the  State  Board  of  Ex- 

16  aminers  and  the  President  of  the  State  Normal  and  Indus- 

17  trial  College,  stating  that  such  person  has  furnished  to  them 

18  satisfactory  evidence  of  qualifications  by  special  training 

19  and  practical  experience  for  said  position. 

Sec.  13.  It  shall  be  a  part  of  the  duty  of  the  faculty  of 

2  each  “County  Farm-Life  School”  to  conduct  agricultural 

3  farm-life  extension  and  demonstration  work  in  said  county, 

4  in  co-operation,  as  far  as  possible,  with  such  work  carried 

5  on  in  said  county  by  the  State  Department  of  Agriculture, 

6  the  North  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic 

7  Arts,  and  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture;  to 

8  hold  township  and  district  meetings  in  various  parts  of  the 

9  county  from  time  to  time  for  farmers  and  farmers’  wives; 

10  to  co-operate  with  the  county  superintendent  of  public  in- 

11  struction  and  with  the  county  commissioner  of  agriculture, 

12  where  such  officer  exists,  in  stimulating,  directing  and  super- 


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13  vising  practical  farm-life  work  in  the  public  high  schools 

14  and  the  elementary  schools  of  the  county,  and  in  providing- 

15  instruction,  through  the  County  Teachers’  Association  and 

16  through  special  short  courses  of  study  at  said  “County 

17  Farm-Life  School,”  for  the  public  school  teachers  of  said 

18  county.  There  shall  be  provided  in  the  courses  of  study 

19  of  said  “County  Farm-Life  School”  short  courses  in  farm- 

20  life  studies  to  which  shall  be  admitted  adult  farmers,  men 

21  and  women;  and  there  shall  be  held  at  said  “County  Farm- 

22  Life  School”  annually  one  or  more  county  meetings  for  the 

23  farmers  and  their  wives  of  said  county  for  instruction  and 

24  demonstration  work.  All  of  the  work  herein  required  and 

25  all  other  work  of  the  “County  Farm-Life  School”  shall  be 

26  under  the  general  supervision  of  the  county  superintendent 

27  of  public  instruction,  and  said  school  shall  in  all  respects  be 

28  an  organic  part  of  the  county  public  school  system. 

Sec.  14.  The  hoard  of  trustees  of  the  “County  Farm-Life 

2  School”  of  any  county  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 

3  to  admit  students  from  other  counties  of  the  State  to  said 

4  school  upon  payment  of  such  rate  of  tuition  as  said  board 

5  of  trustees  may  fix;  but  all  students  who  are  residents  of 

6  the  county  in  which  said  school  is  located  shall  be  admitted 

7  to  said  school  without  charge  for  tuition,  except  as  provided 


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8  for  in  Section  10  of  this  act. ;  and  said  board  of  trustees 

9  shall  fix  all  other  charges  in  said  school  at  actual  cost. 

Sue.  15.  The  treasurer  of  said  county  shall  be  the  treas- 

2  urer  of  said  “County  Farm-Life  School/-  and  shall  receive 

3  and  disburse  all  funds  therefor,  keeping  and  rendering  an- 

4  nuallv  to  the  board  of  trustees  of  said  school  a  separate 

5  account  of  such  receipts  and  disbursements :  Provided ,  that 

6  said  treasurer,  if  employed  on  salary,  shall  receive  no  addi- 

7  tional  compensation  for  his  services;  and  if  employed  on 

8  commission,  he  shall  receive  as  compensation  not  to  ex- 

9  ceed  one  per  cent  on  all  disbursements  and  nothing  on  re- 

10  ceipts.  The  official  bond  of  said  treasurer  shall  be  respon- 

11  sible  and  held  liable  for  all  funds  coming  into  his  hands  for 

12  said  school  to  the  same  extent  as  it  is  liable  for  other  funds 

13  received  by  him  as  treasurer  of  said  county. 

Sec.  16.  The  board  of  trustees  of  the  said  “County  Farm- 

2  Life  School”  and  their  successors  in  office  shall  be  and  are 

3  hereby  constituted  a  body  corporate  by  the  name  and  style 

4  of  “The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  County  Farm-Life  School 

5  of  .  County,”  and  by  that  name  may  sue  and 

6  be  sued,  contract  and  be  contracted  with,  purchase,  hold  and 

7  sell  real  estate  and  personal  property,  receive  donations  by 

8  gift  or  otherwise,  and  exercise  such  other  rights  and  priv- 


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9  ileges  as  are  conferred  by  law  upon  corporate  bodies.  The 

10  title  to  all  lands  and  other  property  of  the  “County  Farm- 

11  Life  School’1  shall  vest  in  said  board  of  trustees. 

Sec.  17.  The  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  an- 

4/  «y 

2  nually  appropriated  out  of  the  State  Treasury  to  aid  in  the 

3  maintenance  of  “County  Farm-Life  Schools.”  Upon  satis- 

4  factory  evidence  furnished  to  the  State  Board  of  Education 

5  that  any  county  has  complied  with  all  the  provisions  of  this 

6  act  for  the  establishment,  maintenance  and  equipment  of  a 

7  “County  Farm  Life  School,”  the.  State  Board  of  Education 

8  shall  apportion  to  said  county  out  of  the  said  State  appro- 

9  priation  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  annually 

10  for  the  maintenance  of  said  school.  The  State  Superin- 

11  tendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall  issue  a  requisition  on  the 

12  State  Auditor  for  the  amount  to  be  apportioned  to  any 

13  county,  who  shall  issue  his  warrant  in  favor  of  the  county 

14  treasurer  of  said  county  for  said  amount,  and  the  money 

15  shall  be  placed  by  said  treasurer  to  the  credit  of  the  “County 

16  Farm-Life  School”  of  said  county. 

Sec.  18.  This  act  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from 

2  and  after  its  ratification. 


SB.— 292 


Photomount 
Pamphlet 
Binder 
Gaylord  Bros. 
Makers 

Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
PAT.  JAN  21,  1908 


DIVERSITY  of  n.c.  at  chapel  hill 


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